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Musical Courier 1907-12-04: Vol 55 Iss 23, 1907
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1Becker. Mrs. Guckenberger will sing the aria "Farewell, Ye Hills," Tschaikowsky.
3Friday evening, November 29, R. Huntington Woodman gave his organ recital as an invited guest of the New England Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, at the First Church, in Boston, where Arthur Foote is organist and choirmaster.
5The New England Conservatory pupils' recital on Saturday, November 30, given, not as an exhibition, but as an exercise for them in public performing, included the Mozart duet, "Crudel perché finora," sung by Stella Crane, of Concord, N. H., and C. Pol Plançon, of Danbury, Conn. Mr. Plançon has a very large voice of unusual dramatic intensity, and must become known.
7The new arrangement at the Castle Square Theater has begun, i. e., of extending each work performed from one half of the week previous to the middle of the following week. "Rob Roy," an emphatic success in all directions, will end on Wednesday, December 5, and "Aida," with Helene Nolde and Alberti will be performed. The announcement is made by the management that James Gilbert, the actor and stage director in comic opera, has been engaged as leading comedian for the light opera productions at the Castle Square. He will make his debut on Thursday evening, December 12, as the Lord Chancellor in "Iolanthe."
9In Waltham on December 3, Myrtle Jordan, one of the representative pupils of the Faelten Pianoforte School, will give an excellent program.
11Eben Bailey, the pianist and composer, has recently completed settings for three of the most famous old hymns, and which will be published shortly. These are "Just as I Am," "Sun of My Soul" and "Jesus, Lover of My Soul." Many of the sacred songs, new and old, written by Mr. Bailey, are used by individuals and choirs throughout America, as they possess much musical merit.
13Laura Tolman, cellist, who is the director of the recently organized Tolmanina Trio, has been highly endorsed by Edouard de Reszké, at whose home Miss Tolman has played often and spent much time. It was Mr. de Reszké who suggested to Miss Tolman the name of "Tolmanina." The personnel of this Trio is: Pearl Brice, violin; A. Laura Tolman, cello, and Myra Winslow, piano. They will be heard in the Boston Star Course at Tremont Temple.
15George A. Burdett, director and organist at Central Church, continues a well arranged series of vesper services, which take place at 4:30 on Sunday afternoons. The following are the dates and works performed: December 1, selections from "St. Paul" (Part I); December 8, selections from "St. Paul" (Part II); December 15, Advent selections from "The Messiah"; December 29, special Christmas music, with assistants.
17Monthly musical services at the Eliot Church in Newton, with performances of cantatas or selections from oratorios, are being resumed this season, after a previous winter's success. Rossini's "Stabat Mater" was given by the choir last Sunday, Josephine Knight singing the soprano parts. Everette E. Truette is the organist and choir director.
19Annie Estelle Hollis, soprano, a professional pupil of Clara Tippett, of the Pierce Building, sang with fine success in Brockton, Mass., November 22. She assisted the "Vagabondias," a Quartet of profession male singers, of Boston. Her songs were by Dvorák, Leoncavallo, Beach, Batten and others. Mrs. Hollis has a voice of great purity and compass, and must ere long join the ranks of artists.
21George A. Burdett, dean of the New England Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and organist at Central Church, in Back Bay, Boston, opened a $12,000 memorial organ at Dorchester last Sunday with a fine program. Mr. Burdett is actively interested in the larger musical life of Boston, and contributes thereto both in his teaching and personal work.
23The following program was rendered at the seventh concert of the Boston Symphony Orchestra: Tone poem, "Taormina," Boehe; Spanish symphony for violin and orchestra, Lalo; symphony No. 2, Beethoven. There was no soloist.
25Willard Flint is what might be termed a teacher of teachers, having booked several such during the fall for a winter's course in voice production, artistic singing and repertory. Many of his pupils hold important church positions.
27WYNA BLANCHE HUDSON.
29MacDowell Benefit in Dayton.
31Musicians of Dayton, Ohio, united in a concert on the evening of November 11, for the benefit of the MacDowell Fund. The concert took place at the W. E. A. The assisting artists included Addie Davis, soprano; Katherine Houk Talbott, contralto; Nelle Davis, contralto; Susan E. Chamberlin, violin; Marriott Strickland, piano; Chaminade Quartet; Charles Arthur Ridgeway, piano; J. B. Gilbert, tenor; Arthur LeRoy Tebbs, baritone; Ellis P. Legler, bass; O. J. Emrick, bass; Charles K. Holstein, violin; Albert Fischmann, viola.
33Compositions by Mozart, Goring-Thomas, Jensen, David, Wagner-Liszt and MacDowell were presented. The MacDowell numbers were the "Keltic" sonata, played by Charles Arthur Ridgeway, and a group of songs—"The Sea," "Thy Beaming Eyes" and "A Maid Sings Light"—sung by Ellis P. Legler.
35Accompaniments were played by Miss Strickland, Miss Welling and Mrs. McClary. The following members of the Chaminade Club, under whose auspices the concert was given, officiated as ushers: Lucretia B. Hamilton, Ione B. Frank, Leone C. Sever, Katharine Hammond, Bertha M. Borghardt and Maude N. Layton.
37Hamburg Recital in Brooklyn.
39Mark Hambourg played under the auspices of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences at Association Hall, Brooklyn, Saturday afternoon, November 30. This pianist belongs to the heroic type of artists. There is no humbug about him. All that he does is legitimate, and the greatest difficulties are accomplished with seeming ease. His skill resembles that of a worker of magic. It baffles the listener and must make the ordinary student feel a little discouraged, for what ordinary student will ever become a Hambourg? The hearty applause indicated that a highly intelligent musical public had assembled to hear the following program:
41Sonata, op. 2, No. 3, in C major…………………….Beethoven
42Sonata, op. 35, B flat minor………………………….Chopin one of two readings
43Sonata, op. 35, B flat minor………………………..Chopin one of two readings
44Nocturne in B major………………………………….Chopin one of two readings
45Nocturne in B major……………………………….Chopin one of two readings
46Two Etudes—
47(a) In G flat major………………………………….Chopin one of two readings
48(a) In G flat major……………………………….Chopin one of two readings
49(b) In E flat major………………………………….Chopin one of two readings
50(b) In E flat major……………………………….Chopin one of two readings
51Valse in A flat major………………………………….Chopin one of two readings
52Valse in A flat major……………………………..Chopin one of two readings
53Etude, staccato………………………………………Rubinstein one of two readings
54Etude, staccato…………………………………….Rubinstein one of two readings
55Ave Maria……………………………………………..Henselt one of two readings
56Ave Maria…………………………………………..Henselt one of two readings
57La Source……………………………………………..Leschetizky one of two readings
58La Source…………………………………………..Leschetizky one of two readings
59Polonaise in E major………………………………….Liszt one of two readings
60Polonaise in E major……………………………….Liszt one of two readings
62Miss Goodson.
64When Miss Goodson played in Utica, N. Y., again, she received a great ovation and the papers were very enthusiastic in their comments. The Utica Observer stated that she again won the hearts of all in her artistic interpretation of each number on the program. The Utica Herald-Despatch says that the most accomplished musicians and music lovers in the audience united in declaring Miss Goodson's work nothing less than wonderful, and the Utica Press said that she possesses fine technic and a beautiful tone, a command over every gradation of tone color that is remarkable.
66Another point about Miss Goodson is that she has played and is engaged for the following orchestral performances, an unprecedented record under the circumstances:
68The Worcester Festival.
69The Theodore Thomas Orchestra.
70The New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
71The Boston Symphony Orchestra.
72The Philadelphia Orchestra.
73The St. Louis Orchestra.
74The St. Paul Orchestra.
75The Hartford Philharmonic Orchestra.
76The Minneapolis Orchestra.
77The New Haven Orchestra.
78New York Young People's Symphony Orchestra.
80Burritt Studio Musicale.
82Students' musicales are given at the William Nelson Burritt Studio, Carnegie Hall, at regular intervals, when there is always good singing, and good listening, too, for the audience is made up of interested people. November 26, Harry Annen, tenor, began the program with "Thou Shalt Break Them," singing well; December 17 he will sing at "The Messiah" performance at Green Bay, Wis. Lewis Johnson, another aspiring tenor, sang a group of songs with easy style. Winifred Webb, soprano, and studio accompanist, showed herself a singer of promise. Charles A. Goodyear, baritone, sang arias from "Faust" and "Elijah" with good expression. Ethel Wenk, also a soprano and studio accompanist, sang with fine intelligence most of the "Frauenliebe" cycle. Helen Waldo, alto, closed the program with eight Scottish songs, preceding each with brief explanatory and historical remarks, showing such thorough familiarity with them that it is small wonder she is becoming known as a specialist in this. She, too, sings in "The Messiah" at Green Bay.
84Praise is due Misses Webb and Wenk for excellent accompaniments.
86Rudolf Kafka was engaged as violin teacher at the Breslau Conservatory of Music. His duties will include those of concertmaster at the Opera.
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